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PEDIATRICS
Volume 129, Issue 5, Pages E1228-E1237Publisher
AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1447
Keywords
abuse; adolescent; Canada; Maternity Experiences Survey; perinatal care; postpartum; pregnancy
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- Strategic Training Initiative in Research in Reproductive Health Sciences (Canadian Institute of Health Research-Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Chair in Gender and Health (Canadian Institute of Health Research)
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Some studies demonstrate that adolescents have different perinatal risks and outcomes than nonadolescents. Few studies have explored the maternity experiences or practices of adolescents that may underlie these differences, or compared these with nonadolescents by using a nationally representative sample. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: Adolescents and young adults were more likely to experience physical abuse, late prenatal care initiation, poor prenatal health behaviors, lower breastfeeding initiation and duration rates, postpartum depression, and lower folic acid supplementation than adult women.
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